Shahrukh talks about life post IPL and Billu

Kolkatta team is the first team to be bumped off the IPL bandwagon but its co-owner Shahrukh Khan says he has moved on and his main focus area is entertainment, where he is not concentrating.

What’s your take on the producer-distributor forum and multiplex
issue?

Both sides need to understand that neither can move without the other. I think there need to be dialogue between the people who know the details. I am just a spokesperson. I am told what to say and I said it. But having said that, I truly believe that they will not budge till the World T20 is over.

So when you and Aamir met for this, didn’t you guys talk about
whatever you’ve said about each other in print?

I think it would have been childish, no? He asked me, ‘Shah Rukh, should we talk
about whatever happened?’ I said no, because to be very honest it would have
been very juvenile. Whatever I said, I said it with a sense of humour and I
would find it very difficult to explain my sense of humour to anyone. If he has
taken it seriously then I am immensely sad about it and I would never joke about
him. I will find something else to joke about now. I think I will joke only
about myself now.

What do you think went wrong with Billu?

I think it did okay finally. As a producer it did work and I have spoken to some
of the distributors and whenever I see my film has fallen short, I return the
money. So we worked that out so it does well for everyone. It was probably made
at a couple of crores more than it should have but that’s me but I think this
was the level of the film.

A lot of actors campaigned for different political parties. Were you approached too?

Yes, I have been approached but I will never do it. See I have friends in politics and they asked me but I think it would be wrong of me to speak for someone just because that person is a friend.

There are two issues: I have one with campaigning. I don’t know what I am
promoting like soap, or a drink or whatever I can sell. But my lack of knowledge
about politics is enough of a reason for me to stay away. As it is, I have my
share of controversies without being a part of politics (laughs). Also I have
friends from all kinds of parties I love Sonia Gandhi and I love Atal Bihari
Bajpyee too I have met them and they have been very nice to me. Similarly
someone like Mr Modi… I see him and find him very organised but regardless of
all this, do I know how it all works? No. And only on a friendly level to
campaign for someone, I think it is too responsible a position to be in I am not
deriding Sanju or Salman, God bless them and they must know all this.